Regardless of being lower than a yr into his WWE tenure, Je’Von Evans has already confirmed to be an enormous time participant in “NXT,” even working his approach into NXT Championship competition. However on October 8 in St. Louis, Missouri, Evans may have what’s for certain his greatest match thus far, when he collides with former WWE Champion, St. Louis native, and considered one of Evans’ two dream opponents, Randy Orton, on “NXT’s” second ever episode on The CW.
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Shortly after the announcement was made final evening on “NXT,” Orton and Evans had slightly interplay on X. After Orton introduced that he would see Evans in St. Louis, the 20-year-old responded by expressing respect in the direction of Orton, earlier than saying that “A legend is not a legend with out gettin took of the highest.” He then echoed Orton’s ideas, telling the previous “Legend Killer” that he’d see him “on the eighth.”
A lot Luv OG, However A Legend Is not A Legend With out Gettin Took Of The Prime First💯See Ya On The eighth @RandyOrton https://t.co/939sjL9xEL
— Je’Von Evans (@WWEJeVonEvans) September 18, 2024
As if the match could not be greater for Evans, he’ll be going through an Orton who’s coming off one of many greatest matches of the yr, having challenged GUNTHER to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Bash in Berlin on the finish of August. Regardless that Orton got here up quick within the match, he pushed GUNTHER to the restrict in a close to 35 minute match within the World Champion’s first title protection since profitable it from Damian Priest at SummerSlam.
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Whereas Evans himself picked up a win final evening, teaming with Cedric Alexander to defeat Myles Borne and Tavion Heights, he has struggled to persistently wrack up wins over the previous couple of months. In his final 5 televised matches, Evans is simply 2-3, together with singles losses to Joe Coffey, who Evans would beat in a rematch, and Charlie Dempsey in a Heritage Cup match.
